Kyle McCord led several late TD drives, Steele Chambers and Gabe Powers made plays at LB, Jayden Ballard and Kaleb Brown created big gains and Kenyatta Jackson flashed on Saturday.
Ohio State opened up practice Saturday to give media members their longest look at the 2023 Buckeye roster to date.
But McCord began to heat up towards the end of Ohio State’s 7-on-7 work. McCord hit Marvin Harrison Jr. deep downfield for what would’ve been a touchdown on one play, and followed that up with two more completions to Kojo Antwi and Cade Stover on consecutive snaps. Overall, the scrimmage was something of a mixed bag for McCord, but he sprang to life late and finished practice as the more impressive of the two quarterbacks vying for the vacant starting job.
Day has taken notice of the momentum Ballard’s built over the past week, and given that he only hauled in nine passes in his first two seasons at Ohio State, Day said the speedy outside playmaker must continue to capitalize as he enters a crucial year in his development. Lined up next to Cody Simon, who filled in for injured Tommy Eichenberg as the Buckeyes’ No. 1 Mike linebacker, Chambers was undoubtedly the standout performer of the day for Jim Knowles' first-team LB unit.Chambers wasn’t the only Buckeye linebacker to make a couple of highlight plays in Saturday’s scrimmage. Knowles’ two-linebacker alignment and tight rotations left highly-touted first-year prospects C.J.
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